Preference for Racial or Ethnic
Terminology

The following data are from a survey asking different groups how they
want people to recognize their racial or ethnic identity. Asian Americans go
by their actual nationality (e.g., Chinese American, Japanese American).

The median net worth in households headed by older people
increased from 1984 to 1999 by 70 percent, but there is a startling
disparity between races. In 1999, the median net worth in households
headed by older black people was $13,000, compared with $181,000
for older white householders. www.nih.gov

Poverty
Rates for 1997

Individual

Family

Female
Headed Families

African A.

Whites

African A.

Whites

African A.

Whites

26.5

8.6

23.6

6.3

39.8

27.7

Education

Earnings by Education by Race

Historically Black Universities and Colleges

The following are historically Black univeristies or colleges broken down by the
percentage of white and Black students attending.
Schools with High White Populations

The young child poverty rate has grown twice as fast among whites as among blacks.

Although the incidence of poverty among whites is relatively low compared to blacks,
the rate of white young children living in poverty grew twice as fast as that among blacks
(38 percent versus 19 percent) between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. White children
are the largest single ethnic group of young children in poverty. In 1994, there were over
2.2 million young white children living in poverty compared to 1.9 million young black
children and 1.7 million young Hispanic children.

Whereas 6 percent of young white children were extremely poor in 1994, five times that
proportion--30 percent--of young black children lived in families with incomes below 50
percent of the federal poverty threshold. This information is from http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/reports/longterm.html.

Interracial Married Couples: 1960 to the Present

(Includes all interracial married couples with at least one spouse of
white or black race.)

Interracial married couples

Black/white

Year

Total
married couples

Total

Total

Black husband,
white wife

White husband,
black wife

White/
other race*

Black/
other race*

1960

40,491,000

149,000

51,000

25,000

26,000

90,000

7,000

1970

44,598,000

310,000

65,000

41,000

24,000

233,000

12,000

1980

49,514,000

953,000

121,000

94,000

27,000

785,000

47,000

1990

51,718,000

1,461,000

213,000

159,000

54,000

1,173,000

75,000

1995

54,937,000

1,392,000

328,000

206,000

122,000

988,000

76,000

This information was compiled from www.infoplease.comunder the keyword: Society and Race/ Ethnicity

Crime Data

Lifetime chances of a person going to prison are higher for

-- men (9%) than for women (1.1%)

-- blacks (16.2%) and Hispanics (9.4%) than for whites (2.5%)

Based on current rates of first incarceration, an estimated 28% of black males will
enter State or Federal prison during their lifetime, compared to 16% of Hispanic males and
4.4% of white males.

Sixty-five percent of state prison inmates belonged to racial or ethnic minorities in
1991, up from 60% in 1986.

At current levels of incarceration newborn black males in this country have a greater
than a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison during their lifetimes, while Hispanic males have
a 1 in 6 chance, and white males have a 1 in 23 chance of serving time. NCJ 160092

The number of drug trafficking convictions in State courts more than doubled between
1986 and1990. Of persons convicted of drug trafficking in State courts in 1990--85% were
male 42% were white, 57% black, and 1% of other races

29,583 babies died in 1995a rate of 7.6 for every 1,000 live births. The infant
mortality rate for Black babies (15.1 for every 1,000 live births) is decreasing but
remains more than twice that for White babies (6.3 for every 1,000 live births). This
information is from http://www.childrensdefense.org/keyfacts2.html

HIV/AIDS

Of those who are HIV or AIDS positive, 43% are Black, 20%
are Hispanic, 1% are Asian, 36% are White, and 0%
are Native American.

Among women, African Americans represent 56% of those who have HIV or
AIDS. Statistics compiled by http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/social/kaiser_family_found/2098.393b.html#anchor140821

The Council of Economic Advisors has released a report that lists social and
economic indicators of various racial and ethnic groups. It is similar to this website and
includes ethnic comparisons and racial comparisons. To view this document click here.